A Day in the Life of a Classical Homeschooling Family
After nearly 20 years of homeschooling, this mother is honest about both the work and the gift of educating her children at home.
Why Nolan's “Odyssey” Is Inspiring Adults To Learn Again
America's fascination with Homer suggests adults are hungry for a kind of formation classical education has been offering all along.
Hope Is a Practice: Dr. Lydia Dugdale on The Lost Art of Dying Well
How can we prepare for death without becoming consumed by it? And what might the lost art of dying teach us about living with greater wisdom, agency, and hope? Dr. Lydia Dugdale joins Brian Williams to recover an older vision of mortality, one in which preparing for death meant tending to our relationships, forming our character, asking ultimate questions, and learning when medical technology helps or harms. Their conversation offers a practical invitation: rather than leaving our final decisions to fear, haste, or unfamiliar institutions, we can begin now to live the kind of life that makes dying well possible. Lydia and Brian discuss hope as a virtue that can be practiced rather than a feeling we must wait to receive. Lydia identifies five practices that help us resist despair: lament, endurance, imagination, confidence formed through gratitude, and the sustaining love of community.
Will Sports Prepare Me for Life?
Character developed in sports may not impact life outside of sports.